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Why putting googly eyes on robots makes them inherently less threatening
At the start of 2019, supermarket chain Giant Food Stores announced it would begin operating customer-assisting robots -- collectively dubbed Marty -- in 172 East Coast locations. These autonomous machines may navigate their respective store using a laser-based detection system, but they're also outfitted with a pair of oversize googly eyes. This is to, "[make] it a bit more fun," Giant President Nick Bertram told Adweek in January, and "celebrate the fact that there's a robot."
Putting eyes on a donation jar made people more charitable
A recent paper published in International Journal of Behavioural Biology found a novel way to make people more generous. All it takes is some eyes. Researchers found by sticking eye images on charity donation jars in a supermarket resulted in people giving 48 percent more compared to standard, undecorated buckets. The findings could indicate a way to get people to respond more positively in certain situations, including reacting to robots.
Googly Eye Arduino Shield proves geeks just wanna have fun (video)
Look, not every Arduino accessory has to be useful. Heck, some of them don't have to do anything at all except, perhaps, make you smile. And that's all the Googly Eye Arduino Shield promises to provide -- a little cheer and personality to add to your latest hack or project. The $7 shield is simply a platform with stacking headers, so you put another shield on top if you like, that sports a pair of googly eyes. Best of all, it's completely customizable. The kit comes with two pairs of different sized peepers which you can place wherever you want. Add all four if you like! The blank white slate leaves you plenty of room to doodle, add a smile, eyelashes or, if you simply must ruin it by adding functionality, a mini breadboard. You can see the Evil Mad Scientist-made shield in action after the break but, honestly, if you're not sold yet you never will be (also, you probably don't have a soul). %Gallery-140091%
Kinect Googly Eyes and Tetris Party Challenge rated in Australia
The Australian Classification Board has outed two different titles that might be part of Microsoft's lineup at E3 this year. The first is a game called, no kidding, Kinect Googly Eyes. Obviously, the title will use the Kinect sensor in some way, but it's unclear whether that will be to look out at the world through said eyes, or to pull off some sort of augmented reality-style accessory game. There's also a rating for an Xbox 360 game called Tetris Party Challenge, likely an update to (you guessed it) Tetris Party. These games join Kinect Me and a few other titles as possible contenders for what we'll see on stage during Microsoft's E3 press conference, which kicks off at 10AM PST on Monday, June 6.
